Games like Soft(A)ware

A surreal single-player puzzle-platformer in which you bend gravity and rewind time to break out of a virtual prison, presented in an ASCII-styled science-fantasy world.

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A challenging first-person puzzle platformer using gravity control and glitchy environmental transformation, with mixed reviews and short play sessions.
2016-12-08
- Action
- First person
- Platform
- Indie
Network Notation
A compact single-player strategy/simulation puzzle about an AI infiltrating abstract networks, upgrading itself, and uncovering its purpose.
2026-04-24
- Puzzle
- Strategy
- Bird view / Isometric
- Indie
- Simulator
Soul Astray: Outjump the Rapture
A contemplative pixel-art puzzle-platformer with a control-switching mechanic that demands precise jumps and dashes, delivering a compact ~2-hour single-player experience with several endings.
2026-04-07
- Platform
- Indie
- Side view
Nerds & Ammo
A short, challenging single-player physics puzzle platformer about escaping a trap-filled lab, with fluid movement and rewarding puzzles.
2026-03-06
- Action
- First person
- Puzzle
Error Loop
A weird and ominous ~4-hour 2D puzzle game about outsmarting a glitchy system inside an infinite maze of menus.
2025-02-23
- Action
- Science fiction
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Horror
- Fantasy
- Indie
The Cat and the Box
An experimental single-player ASCII 3D adventure with an ethereal, abstract atmosphere and a short playthrough.
2019-04-20
- Indie
Tyd wag vir Niemand (Time waits for Nobody)
A roughly six-hour first-person puzzle-platformer about bending time to survive deadly traps and traverse a strange liminal journey, with mixed player reception.
2017-07-07
- Platform
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Indie
Gravity Error
A brief indie 2D puzzle-platformer built around gravity-shifting mechanics and an abstract emotional quest, with a median review playtime of 28 minutes.
2015-08-12
- Platform
- Puzzle
- Indie
ASCIIDENT
A short, hardcore open-world sci-fi RPG built entirely from ASCII text, blending platforming, puzzles, and crafting.
2020-03-18
- Indie
Cognition Method
A story-driven first-person puzzle game set in a surreal artifact where you alter gravity to explore and uncover a mysterious narrative.
2026-09-01
- Action
- First person
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Indie
CORE.SYS
A casual single-player action puzzler about breaching digital security through quick-thinking strategy.
2026-06-24
Master Fall
Rotate the world to shift gravity in this 2D psychological horror puzzle-platformer, where reality collapses into a surreal nightmare.
2026-07-05

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A surreal single-player puzzle-platformer in which you bend gravity and rewind time to break out of a virtual prison, presented in an ASCII-styled science-fantasy world.

Attempt[42]
A challenging first-person puzzle platformer using gravity control and glitchy environmental transformation, with mixed reviews and short play sessions.
2016-12-08
- Action
- First person
- Platform
- Indie
Network Notation
A compact single-player strategy/simulation puzzle about an AI infiltrating abstract networks, upgrading itself, and uncovering its purpose.
2026-04-24
- Puzzle
- Strategy
- Bird view / Isometric
- Indie
- Simulator
Soul Astray: Outjump the Rapture
A contemplative pixel-art puzzle-platformer with a control-switching mechanic that demands precise jumps and dashes, delivering a compact ~2-hour single-player experience with several endings.
2026-04-07
- Platform
- Indie
- Side view
Nerds & Ammo
A short, challenging single-player physics puzzle platformer about escaping a trap-filled lab, with fluid movement and rewarding puzzles.
2026-03-06
- Action
- First person
- Puzzle
Error Loop
A weird and ominous ~4-hour 2D puzzle game about outsmarting a glitchy system inside an infinite maze of menus.
2025-02-23
- Action
- Science fiction
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Horror
- Fantasy
- Indie
The Cat and the Box
An experimental single-player ASCII 3D adventure with an ethereal, abstract atmosphere and a short playthrough.
2019-04-20
- Indie
Tyd wag vir Niemand (Time waits for Nobody)
A roughly six-hour first-person puzzle-platformer about bending time to survive deadly traps and traverse a strange liminal journey, with mixed player reception.
2017-07-07
- Platform
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Indie
Gravity Error
A brief indie 2D puzzle-platformer built around gravity-shifting mechanics and an abstract emotional quest, with a median review playtime of 28 minutes.
2015-08-12
- Platform
- Puzzle
- Indie
ASCIIDENT
A short, hardcore open-world sci-fi RPG built entirely from ASCII text, blending platforming, puzzles, and crafting.
2020-03-18
- Indie
Cognition Method
A story-driven first-person puzzle game set in a surreal artifact where you alter gravity to explore and uncover a mysterious narrative.
2026-09-01
- Action
- First person
- Puzzle
- Adventure
- Indie
CORE.SYS
A casual single-player action puzzler about breaching digital security through quick-thinking strategy.
2026-06-24
Master Fall
Rotate the world to shift gravity in this 2D psychological horror puzzle-platformer, where reality collapses into a surreal nightmare.
2026-07-05

Attempt[42]

Network Notation

Soul Astray: Outjump the Rapture

Nerds & Ammo

Error Loop

The Cat and the Box

Tyd wag vir Niemand (Time waits for Nobody)

Gravity Error

ASCIIDENT

Cognition Method

CORE.SYS

Master Fall

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